Sportech Plc Preliminary Results

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Sportech Plc Preliminary Results
March 2005
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Agenda

• Highlights Roger Withers, Acting Managing
  Director
• Financial Results Gary Speakman, Finance Director
• Summary financial results for group
• Financial performance by business
• Strategy Developments Roger Withers
• Summary Roger Withers
• Questions Answers

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Highlights

• 2004 financial results
• Business review completed in Q1 2005
• Forward growth strategy
• Football pools
• New media betting and gaming
• ITV opportunity

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Financial Highlights
2003m
2004m

• Strong casino turnover growth

Group turnover
330.4
497.0

• Underlying Soft Gaming resilient, particularly
  football pools

Soft Gaming
22.4
22.0

• Strong growth in Betting gross win

Betting
(2.5)
(2.1)
Operating profit 1
19.9
19.9
Profit before tax 2
13.3
9.6
Profit before tax 3
12.6
8.4
Earnings per share (p) 3
1.49p
1.00p
Net debt
114.7
112.8
1 Before goodwill amortisation, exceptional
restructuring and one off impact of Pools
Marketing Campaign 2 Before goodwill and
exceptional restructuring 3 Before goodwill
amortisation
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Soft Gaming
Operating Profit
Turnover
2003 m
2003m
2004m
2004m
Soft Gaming
25.6
26.4
89.7
79.5
Football Pools
-
(3.2)
-
-
Net cost of one off marketing
25.6
23.2
89.7
Football Pools
79.5
(0.7)
(0.6)
Scratchcards
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.7
7.6
6.5
Other Games Lotteries
26.0
24.3
98.3
87.0
Established Soft Gaming
(3.6)
(5.5)
4.2
7.6
Interactive Development
22.4
18.8
102.5
94.6
Total Soft Gaming

• 11 Pools revenue attrition
• Pools profit margin 33.3 (200328.5)
• Scratchcard losses not sustainable
• ITVi agreement commenced March 2004

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Betting
Operating Profit
Turnover
2003 m
2003m
2004m
2004m
Betting
0.1
0.7
147.5
319.8
Interactive
(2.6)
(2.8)
80.4
82.6
Telephone
(2.5)
(2.1)
227.9
402.4
Total Betting

• Revenues up 77
• Gross win up 68
• 50 of gross win non sports book

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Betting

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Summary Cash Flow
2003m
2004m
22.0
19.3
EBITDA

• Adverse cash impact of Pools marketing

(6.3)
(6.8)
Interest
0.4
(0.8)
Working capital
16.1
11.7
Trading cash flow

• 6.5m advance profit share paid to ITV to date

- prepayments- capital
(2.5)(2.0)
(3.0)(1.2)
Interactive
(0.9)
(0.7)
Other capex
(0.6)
Sale of Technology Patents
-
(1.3)
(1.2)
Net restructuring cash paid
(3.1)
(2.7)
Taxation
m Rate Term Loan 78 LIBOR 1.38 Mezz
Loan 35 LIBOR 3.0 112
6.9
2.9
Net cash flow before financing
109.9
111.9
Bank borrowings
114.7
112.8
Net debt
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Strategy Developments - Soft Gaming

• Football Pools and Related Games
• Strongly profitable, cash generative
• 80 of pools market
• Circa 1 million customers
• Identifying low cost opportunities and utilising
  multi-channel presence

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Strategy Developments - Betting

• Expanding sports betting markets and betting in
  running
• Launch of complementary products with single
  electronic wallet for Bet Direct interactive
  offer
• Launch of Bet Direct mobile offer, March 05
• Launch of Bet Direct online casino poker, April
  05
• Continue growth of Littlewoods branded casino
  poker offer
• Poker potential to be exploited via internet and
  television

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Strategy Developments - Interactive Television

• Interactive market growing
• Established services on Sky Active, Attheraces
  and ITVi
• Betting (Bet Direct) and Soft Games (Game On)
• Average weekly revenues growing but ITVi revenues
  remain low
• Red Button gaming just the start
• ITVi presents a major opportunity, an exclusive
  space and min 4 years of contract remaining
• 10m invested to date in ITVi partners committed
  to joint vision

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Strategy Developments - Interactive Television

• Road Ahead
• Coronation Street The jewel in ITVs peak time
  crown
• Daytime A core ITV strength
• The night-time opportunity

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Summary

• Focus on profit generation and cost efficiencies
  across the group
• Football Pools delivering significant free cash
  flow
• Betting division delivering strong growth and on
  track to deliver profits in 2005
• Longer term opportunities for growth from
  television gaming

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Questions Answers
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Contact Information

• Roger WithersActing Managing Director0151 288
  3561roger.withers_at_littlewoodsgaming.com
• Gary SpeakmanFinance Director0151 288
  3376gary.speakman_at_littlewoodsgaming.com